Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-02
SHE'S A BOOMING.
BUs1yEssI IN WHEELING FRIGHTENING Up
IN WONDERFUL WAY.
he Ctys Prospects br fs fst1rs Of the hOsi
Eouagisg Natut--0hh Shorts Re
. marks About the Cty ard SaA

perity of q city than the business trans
acted within her borders, and that y the
basis upon which the assertion Is here
made that Wheeling is now in q highly
condition and ! that she Is
experiencing an era Of prosperity not ex-
celIed or even equaled in her history for
some years past. Almost every thing con-
nected with the eity's coutmereial interests
tends to this conclusion, and brands it an
unSoubted TACT A talk with the leading
business men of the city will convince any
skeptieal person that Wheeling is booming
and that the prospects for a continuance OF
the boom is AatteIing indeed.
FREIGHT BLOCKADE.
For instance take q walk down around
the B. & o. freight depot and see the m
mense piles of goods stacked up in cars and
out on the platforms, and then ask what Is
the u of the blockade. The answer
will be that business is rushing, and mai
the shipments and receipts Of goods are SO
great that the force cannot properly DIS
nose of the business nor make much head
way in clearing the platforms. Of course
the movement of goods is . little heavier
lust al this particular time from several
eanses Int in conversation with An officer
of the road yesterday Il was learned that
the business over their road has been
yery large all summer-larger IN
deed than in any previous season for sew
eal wears past. The same condition OF
affairs exists at the Panhandle freight de-
Dot, but il isn't noticeable from the faet
that this road keeps most OF It's frelght
at Steubenyille until there Is o for
il TO be disposed of at this point Now,
this is but an evidence OF our prosperity
from the business transacted IN CONNER
eial channels.
Let Us glance at Wheeling's progress
~iYeness. There is no denying the fact that
Wheeling people generally have not been
in the past rs progressive as they might
have been to help the city along, but things
are changing.
MEN WITH CAPITAL
are coming to realize that they cannot do
better than invest their money right here
in industrial enterprises, and now the oniy
drawback to the success OF many OF these
undertakings is the extreme jealousy that
exists between concerns already located
and establishments contemplated. Instead
of this there should be nothing but a kinds
IL. fraternal feeling of encouragement Tor
oil who contemplate building new indus
trial establishments in the city, even
should they intend manufacturing the
same article. The world is wide u her
markets are extensive and roOmy enough
to consume all the manufactured articles
that Wheeling can produce, and it should
always be kept in mind that competition
is the life of trade.
Look At what is in store for Wheeling IN
the way of new industries, if everything
works smoothly. There are three new
potteries, two new electric railways, q
new glass house, q Few trades paper on
the taps, and other enterprises are being
talked of. All these in addition to the
immense manufacturing interests We al
ready possess, will make Wheeling q hive
of industry whose influence will be felt
throughout the commercial and
INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
1t is safe to say that there is not q city,
town or village in the United States to-day
IN which a newspaper IL published that
does not know there Is q Wheeling, West
Virginia, and now that they do know IT,
they should also be made aware OF the fact
that Wheeling is no old-iogy, s~lcw-going
town, bot a city that is full of life and
yieor, and one whose fame as a manufac-
turing centre is not excelled in the country,
and whose wares possess an ultra
reputation that cannot be over
come BY any other city in the United
States, or Europe for that matter. This
NAV seem a little windy and exaggerated,
but all the same its the truth. Facts are facts
and cannot be gainsaid. And in this con-
nection it may be stated that We are to
have a fair next week, than which a finer
exhibition cannot be found anywhere, and
that is we'll known.
Now can we look calmly at all these in
dications of prosperity, walk around the
city see new buildings going up on every
hand and old ones being repaired, painted
and frightened np, our churches being re-
newed. and witness the many other
ENlDENCS VI fhDSE LlA
and saw the old town isnot booming? Well,
he who does. ssys what is untrue.
Mr.. Phil p Henry Moore, Gold Short"
sees all these things and says so in the Age
OF Steel in the following words:
Just as the wildcat booms OF the in
constant West and the delusive South COL
lapse, substantial progress begins in the
upper Ohio valley.
wheeling is putting herself in order
and recording some r~ock-bottom ventures
in the path of enterprise. One new glass
and two new pottery companies have been
organized during the last fortnight which
bid fair to eclipse anything of their kind
in this or any other section. The right kind
of men have control and it is only a ques-
ton oftime, the time required TO build, when
more glass and fine china will be added TO
Wheeling's production. These are for
ward movements TO the tune OF modern
progress, no trading, hack trading and in
tertrading of wild lots in stubble fields or
on prairie wastes at fictitious values,
wheeling's equipment in advantages, in
ducements and appliances, both natural
and artificial, are uuriyaled, solid and per
feet.
THE MACHINERY Is IN MOTION,
and there will he no lost motion or back
lsshing. She is being moved forward with
ntchets of enterprise, ability and enthusi-
astic industry, and there viii be no slips
backward.
The managing editor and partner of the
st. Paul Globe, Mr.. Lewis Baker, who was
a few years since a resident and journalist
OF Wheeling, remarked 10 me while on a
recent visit TO this city that
he knew no city, no locality
West or South. that possessed such
strong. substantial foundations for per-
manent progress or real booming as Wheel
ing She has been slow fearfully de-
hberate in responding TO the voice Of
modern progress, but she has been waiting
until those Western and Southern boom
lets have been shattered to pieces by the
blasts Of investigation; now she is putting
on a sturdy, dignified, masterful enthu-
siasn and determination, and she needs no
clap trap or flatulent assumptions to speed
her on her way to the first rank.
THE STATE OF YES VIRGINIA
has commenced to attract the attention Of